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Sentence Skills, Form A book cover
Sentence Skills, Form A, 7/e
John Langan, Atlantic Cape Community College
Subjects and Verbs

Writing On and Offline

These writing prompts are followed by text boxes for your input. If you are working online and your instructor has given you the go-ahead, you can send your work to him or her by clicking the "Submit Answers" button. If you are working offline, you will have to copy your answers (CTRL-C on most systems) and paste them (CTRL-V) into a text document to retain a record of your work.





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Activity 1:

Directions: This activity will help familiarize you with subjects and verbs used by professional writers. Visit any or all of the following sites and find an essay that interests you.

The New York Times Magazine

The Atlantic Monthly

Feed Magazine

Salon Magazine

New Scientist

The Smithsonian

Then, find the subjects and verbs in the author's sentences. Can you characterize the subjects? What kind of work do the verbs do?
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Activity 2:

Directions: For additional help with subjects and verbs, visit Literacy Education Online or use your favorite search engine to find other useful sites on the web. Then, take notes about what you've learned during your visit.








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